Expenses and morals of some of the members of this parliament.

Today we see the papers adorned with the speaker of the house of commons slapper of a wife. Is it any wonder where the British government standing  in the world today is. Her husband was going to clean up the mess of the previous government when he was chosen to be the speaker, but ends up wasting tax payers money in his grace and favour residence. Now we see Sir George Young leader of the commons complaining that the Independent Parliamentary Standard Authority (IPSA)is being to hard on our poor MP's He along with No 10 have complained that the system is costing to much at £6 million yet as IPSA has pointed out its cost might have been that amount in the first year, but that included setting it up. Again only a half truth from No 10. Now we all want to see MP's getting their proper expenses for housing and running their offices etc. IPSA has rightly so turned down claims by Maria Miller the Families Minister for an £8 congestion charge fee, and £5.20 for a commons dinner. Ed Vaizey a culture minister had submitted a £4.75 receipt for an interns lunch. What do these people spend their £65,000+ salaries on if they are claiming for such trivia. Can the general public claim for lunches at work or for parking tickets? The MP for Portsmouth North said she was left with £22 to see her through Christmas because of huge office costs. She said that some colleagues were consistently £10/15,000 out of pocket. That just goes to show that they are poorly organised, but they will get that amount refunded if their claims are genuine. She should be lucky to have £22 to see her through Christmas. Millions of others would have been grateful to have had so much. It just goes to show how out of touch these people are with the people in the real world. If they don't like what they are getting they can always stand down, being an MP isn't compulsory. Its the same story for MP's who came from the city or the law saying that the salary is well down on what they earned in the city previously. Again its no good complaining they knew what the salary was when they became an MP. Like wise any MP coming from an average salary will have seen their income increased by at least 100% Swings and round abouts come to mind.